A journal that stays a journal
Feelings, therapy notes, drafts of hard conversations. Keep them encrypted, and lock the vault when you finish. Copies saved elsewhere need their own protection.
Use case
Private and partnered — both at once.
Being close to someone doesn’t mean every photo, note and thought stops being yours. Keep your journal, surprises and memories in an encrypted vault. Lock it before handing over your phone; already-open content and copies elsewhere remain visible.
Is it okay to keep some things private in a relationship?
Yes. Trust can leave room for a private journal, therapy notes, a planned gift or memories from before a relationship. Sealby provides an encrypted space with its own credential. It cannot promise that the app will go unnoticed or prevent a difficult conversation.
Surprises that survive
Gift ideas, ring photos, party plans. Out of sight even when your partner uses your phone for the map or the playlist.
Your past stays yours
Photos and letters from a life before this relationship don’t need deleting. They don’t need explaining either.
Early days, your pace
New relationships are private by default. Keep leftovers from dating apps, chats and photos sealed until you decide what anything means.
Privacy and honesty aren’t opposites. This page is about the first, and assumes the second. If your situation is about safety rather than space, the domestic-safety guide above is written for it.
Common questions
Isn’t a hidden vault just for hiding something bad?
A lock on a diary never meant the diary was guilty. Privacy inside a relationship protects the same things it protects everywhere else: your inner life, your surprises, your history. Tools don’t make choices, people do. Sealby is built for dignity, not deception.
What if we share a phone or iPad?
Every PIN opens its own vault, with no stored vault list or count. Lock your vault before passing the device on. Someone who sees your credential, an open vault or an external copy may still see private material.
What if I’m asked to unlock it?
A PIN you share opens the vault associated with it. Other vaults stay locked, with no stored list or count, but the app and visible content may still prompt questions. A decoy cannot guarantee safety. If phone checks are a pattern, read our domestic-safety guide.
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